An anticipated game is actually leaving Steam’s Early Access and preparing for its release.
Developer Red Hook Games announced in a Kickstarter update today that its roguelike role-playing game Darkest Dungeon will fully release on January 19, 2016. It has been in Steam Early Access since this January 30, 2015.
“As always, a very sincere thanks to all of you who have supported this game from the beginning and made the game and the community something special,” the Darkest Dungeon team noted in the update. “We are truly on the home stretch, and we are incredibly excited to bring this game to completion … and beyond!”
Darkest Dungeon earned $313,337 on Kickstarter, well surpassing its $75,000 goal. While some games seem to languish in early access hell forever, Darkest Dungeon is an example of how to use the model successfully.